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Bill Hicks ... you're having a laugh

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  • #52
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    as for the gentleman doing the stand up routine in the sugar club,
    to be honest, its about the comedy equal of a drag act or covers band.

    If you havent seen him (as I suspect you havent) I can understand you thinking that. I thought that too. Until I went to see him perform. yes its a cover but seeing him perform live is the closest we'll get to seeing Hicks perform it live.
    Go see it and tell me you arent impressed because he got a standing ovation at the end of it from the Sugar Club audience.

    DeV.


  • #53
    Sarky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    He's like Jesus with gags. Damn good gags, too.


  • #54
    evilbubbs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 49 ✭evilbubbs


    DeVore wrote:
    If you havent seen him (as I suspect you havent) I can understand you thinking that. I thought that too. Until I went to see him perform. yes its a cover but seeing him perform live is the closest we'll get to seeing Hicks perform it live.
    Go see it and tell me you arent impressed because he got a standing ovation at the end of it from the Sugar Club audience.

    DeV.

    is this a regular gig for him, or when is the next appearance in the guise of bill hicks?

    also does this guy do his own material (at other gigs of course)?


    but this also brings me back to another question.
    has anyone access to material older then the 91/93.
    i think its better to see this aswell as a progression of his talent.


  • #55
    evilbubbs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 49 ✭evilbubbs


    a few clips......
    just to remind us


    bill stuff1
    billchat2
    billchat3
    billchat4
    billchat5
    billchat6
    bill chat7
    billsong


  • #56
    De Jay Vu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭De Jay Vu


    Hey guys, glad some of you liked the show,
    I came up with the idea and put the show together with Emser (Jay here btw). We have been listening to the man for years and thought it was a shame that more people didnt know about him, he was more than a comedian he was prophet, philosopher etc. You all know where this is going but most of all he was a human and to think that his messages should be stifled by small minds is more than we were willing to let slow us down.
    We knew there would be begrudgers but I can promise you that most of them who came to the show left glad that they had bothered to flesh out their opinions. The next one is on Sat Oct 23rd and anybody who wants to mail me will receive a discount.
    Thanks to all of you who showed us your support. We need a little more love in all of our lives I think...
    WaaaaGGGGHHHHH!!!!!
    De Jay Vu.


  • #57
    milltown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,616 ✭✭✭milltown


    I don't see what the big deal is about the tribute show. Seems to me that a significant number of comedians in the past 10 - 15 years owe a lot to Bill, if not for the material then for the themes and the style. This guy is paying homage to the man and giving him the credit he deserves. I'm gonna try get to the next show.

    Like Remoteboy I also had the privilege of seeing Bill in the Tivoli. How long ago was that now? A lot of people these days talk the same way about Bill Hicks as my teen peers talked about The Doors, as if they discovered someone from a previous generation that they could connect with. Apart from about 15 minutes of Goatboy which he seemed to lapse into when he lost track of where he was in the set I never laughed so long for so hard before or since. My face was sore for hours afterwards.

    So, yes, I would call him a comic, but I also fully agree that he was a prophet, a preacher and a philosopher.


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